One-fifth of the grain crop has been harvested in the Vitebsk region

August 7, Shumyly District / Diana Kurilo - BELTA/. One-fifth of the grain fields have been harvested in the northern region of the country - in the Vitebsk region. Crops have been mown on 22% of the sown areas, the head of the department of land cultivation, crop production, and fodder production of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's agriculture and food committee, Aleksei Turkov, told a BELTA correspondent today. The harvesting pace increases by 4% daily. The region's grain growers have threshed 270 thousand tons of grain with an average yield of 35.3 centners per hectare. The Verkhnedvinsk, Orsha, and Beshenkovichi districts lead in yield, harvesting 40 centners of grain per hectare. Harvesting is proceeding at a good pace in the Chashniki, Postavy, Dokshitsy, and Sharkovshchina districts. Over the upcoming weekend, grain growers hope to harvest grain from 35-40% of the sown areas. A total of 355 thousand hectares need to be harvested in the Vitebsk region. According to specialists' estimates, the biological yield of grain is estimated at 1.4 million tons in bunker weight with an average yield of 34 centners per hectare. The largest areas are in the farms of the Orsha (31.5 thousand hectares), Vitebsk (23.6 thousand hectares), and Tolochin (22.5 thousand hectares) districts. More than 2,000 units of grain harvesting equipment are working in the fields. There is enough fuel; the regional executive committee allocated Br64 billion for its purchase. Special attention is paid to safety during harvesting operations and the organization of living conditions for the grain growers. -0-